Collegiate Sports Paging System
Glossary
Version 2.0
Revision
History
Date |
Version |
Description |
Author |
October 12, 1999 |
1.0 |
Initial version |
Context Integration |
November 12, 1999 |
2.0 |
Update after Elaboration iteration |
Context Integration |
Table of Contents
Introduction
Purpose
The glossary contains the working definitions for all classes in the
Collegiate Sports Paging System. This glossary will be expanded throughout the
life of the project.
Scope
This glossary addresses all terms which have specific meanings for this
project. Actors are not listed here as they are described more fully in the
use case definitions.
References
None.
Definitions
- Advertiser Profile
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Information about an advertiser and their contract with
WebNewsOnLine. Includes advertiser name and address, balance due
less than 30 days, balance due greater than 30 days, pricing information
(maintained by WebNewsOnLine advertising department), and account status
(active, inactive).
- Category
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Information about content. Includes major status (viewed,
archived) and, if content is not archived, type of story (NCAA, PAC10,
etc.). Types of stories are selected from a maintained list within
the system, and are referenced by subscriber's Page-me-when profile.
- Content
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Content consists of all of the media by which a news story or sporting
event story can be delivered to a user. This may include text, graphics,
video, or sound.
- Page
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Sending of text information to a pager to inform subscriber of new
content available on Web Site.
- Page-me-when Profile
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Information about subscriber's wishes for receiving pages.
Includes all categories of stories or content which, when posted to the
system, will generate a page to a subscriber.
- Pager
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A pager is a device capable of receiving an alphanumeric message. A
cellular phone may act as a pager, as may email. For this project, all
such devices will be considered as pagers.
- Pager Gateway
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The pager gateway is a combination of hardware and software that takes
text messages and delivers them (via vendor-specific interfaces) to
pagers.
- Personal Profile
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Personal information about a subscriber. Includes name, address,
email address, phone numbers, credit card number, PIN, and date of
expiration, subscription start and end dates.
- Preferences Profile
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Information about a subscriber's paging preferences. Includes
time limits on pages (do not page between specific times of specific
days).
- Story
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Text, graphics, video, and/or sound that describe a sporting event.
- Subscription
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A subscription is an agreement between a customer and WebNewsOnLine to
deliver pages when events occur in specific sports subject areas (such as
NCAA Basketball).
- Web Site
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The Collegiate Sports Paging System web site is a computer system that
a user accesses using commercial web browser software. Subscribers will
receive customized displays of content they can access.
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1987 - 2003 Rational Software Corporation
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